Geokinetics, Inc in Mercer County!

On my way home from work yesterday I passed six giant white trucks that had Geokinetics on the doors. There also are cables running from Sandy Lake to I-79 that connect to boxes. I found out that Geokinetics is a geophysical service company that services the petroleum and mining industries! I guess somebody is spending a lot of money to find out what is under Mercer County! I hope they find a lot of what they are looking for! Mercer County has both Marcellus and Utica. 

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0jw0dsu4txfuvPermalink Reply by 0jw0dsu4txfuv on May 18, 2011 at 6:19am

Read the comments on this in the discussion. Sesmic data is usually not available to the general

public.

Permalink Reply by cheliped on May 19, 2011 at 5:32am

Homer or anyone else that knows,

how accurate are those maps people are commenting on that show the lines for oil, wet, and dry gas?  Can an area contain  - just dry gas - or can it be a combination of oil, dry and wet?  and if it is combo, where can people find information that shows the distribution?  Finally - tell me what is under northwest butler county - seems like someone is doing a great deal of Seismic testing there? (along west park road and 108)  thanks again

0jw0dsu4txfuvPermalink Reply by 0jw0dsu4txfuv on May 19, 2011 at 5:42am

Lara,

I sent you a request to be my friend on here. Most all your questions are answered in some of my previous threads

Permalink Reply by cheliped on May 19, 2011 at 5:59am
i accepted your friendship and thank-you for it.  Sorry did not get the info.  so i understand if you do not want to answer.
Permalink Reply by PA roughneck on May 19, 2011 at 6:05am

Lara,

  not sure what maps you're referring to, but generally, wells in the NE of PA are dry gas, wells in the SW corner are wet and along the OH/PA border and into OH it appears to be more gas and oil (though there isn't a whole lot of public data on that in regards to the Utica)

  As far as Butler Co goes according to PADEP it looks like it's so far around 2/3-3/4 dry gas and the remaining returning some condensates in varying amounts.

  To get a more detailed look go to https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/...

  and look at the production reports for the wells closest to you.  You can get an idea this way but, truth be told, even the gas co's can't be sure of what's down there until it's drilled.

Permalink Reply by cheliped on May 19, 2011 at 6:57am
thanks - The utica looks thick there - but no wells to compare.  If you where to compare, how closely related in distance would make a good measurement? For example -if a well is producing x amount - how many miles from that well could be somewhat accurate to compare? 
Permalink Reply by PA roughneck on May 19, 2011 at 7:22am

Lara,

  really hard to say. 10 miles north of me are some of the best wells in the state.

 10 miles west and they get good production. 10 miles south and it's questionable, same for east. But then, Wyoming Co. appears to be sitting on the' Line of Death' and it's gonna take more drilling to really find the edges.

  That said, it's really hard to say. I've seen wells with average production 3 miles from state record holders. A lot depends on lateral lengths and just how the well is completed. There is still some experimenting with completions going on to determine the best way to maximize production, so it's kind of hard to do real comparisons. The public data doesn't tell how long laterals are, frac stages, zipper frac's and the like.

   If you have wells within 5-10 miles on at least 3 sides of you, I'd guess you could expect at least an 'average' well, probably 3MMCF/day. Probably little likelihood of having nothing, but the proof is in the drilling.

Permalink Reply by cheliped on May 19, 2011 at 7:44am
thanks and well put.  It is hard not to ponder all this.  Probably best to wait and see for facts.
0jw0dsu4txfuvPermalink Reply by 0jw0dsu4txfuv on May 22, 2011 at 11:45am

The Utica is an oil bearing sand and unlike the marcellus it may not be as

productive. There are places in Ohio that has the utica that is not comercially productive. This is geology.

I look for for utica production even in Pa to be largely located to certain

areas. As time goes on in PA the mapping while be more conclusive to how

the shale runs. Wish NY would let the drilling start. Go Marcellus Shale!

Permalink Reply by Terry W. on May 22, 2011 at 2:18pm

Geokinetics are now in Northern Butler County.

Saw the red flags with the markings on the road, the two grey boxes

with the antenna, and the long black wire which seems to run from

box to box, which are 250 feet apart.  The flags appear to be 50 feet

apart. 

Permalink Reply by James W. Hazi on May 23, 2011 at 12:29am
Thomas, what part of Northern Butler County? Jim
Permalink Reply by Terry W. on May 23, 2011 at 12:53am

Jim:

Corner of rts 58/308, Murrinsville, east to Anderson road (dirt road), to cementery road, then out to 38, and south.  This is where the grey boxes were. 

There is also the red flags running south towards Boyers from Murrinsville.

Waiting for some 'vibrations'.....

 

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